Month: November 2011
Spotify introduces apps into its music streaming platform
This evening Daniel Ek, the founder and CEO of Spotify, revealed the brand's next evolution, App Finder, set to bring a wealth of apps to the popular music streaming platform. According to Ek some of the "best and the brightest" contenders of the music and app industries are keen to become part of the service,…
Spotify launches musical advent calendar with Pixie Lott, Primal Scream & Westlife
You get to a certain age and advent calendars just don't seem as magical anymore, especially if you get home after a bad day at the office and stuff ten of the little chocolates into your mouth (we've never done that before, honest). Well this year Spotify aims to give us back a bit of…
CHRISTMAS GIFT GUIDE: 10 Phone accessories for mobile photographers & Instagram lovers
Now that our smart phone cameras are so advanced (see just how good the iPhone 4S is), it's perfectly acceptable to use your mobile to take good looking photos and tweak them from the palm of your hand. If you know someone who's constantly asking you to pose then taking mobile snaps and adding filters…
APP OF THE DAY: Sky Go gives users access to movies on the move
Sky Movies live and on demand services are now available on the Sky Go app. This means users can now access a library of movies straight from their smart phones and tablets, as well as from their TV, without any extra cost. Sky Movies subscribers that use Sky Go can now stream movies on demand…
iPrints make every pair of gloves touchscreen friendly
There are all kinds of different gloves on the market at the moment that are specially designed to work with your smart phone, check out our three favourite touchscreen gloves list from earlier in the month. However, if you don't want to buy a pair of brand new gloves and would rather use the ones…
CHRISTMAS GIFT GUIDE: 15 Gifts & accessories for aspiring photographers
It can be hard to get seriously started with photography if you're a bit strapped for cash. Sure you can get a dirt cheap compact camera or just play around with your smart phone, but half decent devices are often quite pricey and that's not even including all the kit you'll need to go with…
Cash strapped Brits take out mobile contracts to give 'free' gifts this Christmas
It's tempting to sign your life away to a lengthy mobile contract to get that shiny new phone, but luckily logic often overtakes greed and we learn to patiently wait for the latest gadgets rather than spend a fortune on them every month (most of the time anyway). However, this year research has found that…
Starbucks' mobile payment application launching in January
Starbucks will soon be launching a new mobile app in the UK, which allows its users to buy drinks just with their phones. The app, which is set to enter the UK market on the 5th of January, has already proved successful in the US, as more than 20 million transactions have been made since…
APP OF THE DAY: A cooking solution for veggies this festive season with Vegetarian Christmas Meal
Cooking Christmas Dinner is pretty stressful anyway, but add meat eaters, vegetarians and picky eaters into the mix and you've got yourself the perfect recipe for angry parents, whiny kids and impatient older relatives. To make cooking the vegetarian options for Christmas dinner a bit easier this year, we'd recommend turning to your trusty iPhone…
Will new social bookmarking tool Whishin put an end to unwanted presents this Christmas?
We've all been there, you're given a present by a friend or relative and it's nice, you're really grateful, you smile and say thank you, but really you know it's going in the bottom of a cupboard or it's being wrapped up next year for someone else. But will a new social bookmarking tool mean…